Free access to the Journal of Peasant Studies, Volume 37 Issue 4 2010 Authors: Saturnino M. Borras Jr. – This collection comes out of the workshop on the same theme held in October 2009 in Halifax, Canada, sponsored by the Journal of Peasant Studies and Initiatives in Critical Agrarian Studies (ICAS). We thank all the […]

Source: Latinamerica Press By Cecilia Remon Industrialized countries refuse to stop polluting and put a price on protecting forests Industrialized countries and their companies do little to nothing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, which are in turn triggering climate change. Instead, they have created a complex mechanism that allows them to pay to preserve […]

Source: Latinamerica Press social movements propose agenda at international conference on climate change Social movements from around the world, with large representation from Latin America, arrived in Cancun, Mexico, for the 16th Conference of the Parties of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP), which took place from Nov. 29 to Dec. 10. They came to […]

Source: INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK “Industrialized society must redefine its’ relationship with the sacredness of Mother Earth” 1. Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground Leave the coal in the hole – the oil in the soil – the tar sand in the land. Offshore accidents prove oil and water don’t mix. Climate change is caused […]